Windows

PowerToys v0.57.0 releases

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday a new version of PowerToys has been released. What a long List in the Release Notes. PowerToys v0.57.0 Release Notes https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.57.0 Regards Andres Bohren

Windows Hello for Business - Couldn't turn on the Camera

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I've been using Windows Hello for Busindess with Face recocnition since a long time on my Surface Laptop 3. This week it stopped working suddently with the Message "Couldn't turn on the Camera". Even the Driver and Firmware Update did not help. The Camera App is working just fine. Also in Teams the Camera works fine. In the End i remved the two Cameras in the Device Manager (devmgmt.

PowerToys 0.56.1 March 2022 Update

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Release Notes and Download https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/ There is a new Activation method for "Find my Mouse" by Shaking it. I've tested it and you have to shake quite hard. I'll stick with the "Press Left Control twice". Regards Andres Bohren

Git for Windows 2.35.1

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Seems i did miss, that there was released a new Version of Git for Windows. You can download Git for Windows 2.35.1. Git Downloads https://git-scm.com/downloads Release Notes https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.35.1.txt To check the version installed you can use the following PowerShell Commandlet Get-Package -Name "git" Regards Andres Bohren

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Andres Bohren
Hi All, In mid January Microsoft Announced, that the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 will be now Included in M365 E3/A3 Licenses. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 Now Included in M365 E3/A3 Licenses https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint/microsoft-defender-for-endpoint-plan-1-now-included-in-m365-e3/ba-p/3060639 My Account has a M365 E3 License and i can see "Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1" has been assigned. Overview of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Plan 1 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/defender-endpoint/defender-endpoint-plan-1?view=o365-worldwide I went for the Documentation and Set it up in Micrsosoft Endpoint Manager.

DOS MZ executable format

Andres Bohren
Hi all, I recently checked some *.exe, *.com and *.dll Files with Notepad. I did notice, that they all start with the Caracters "MZ" I found some explanation in Wikipedia DOS MZ executable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS_MZ_executable The DOS MZ executable format is the executable file format used for .EXE files in DOS. The file can be identified by the ASCII string "MZ" (hexadecimal: 4D 5A) at the beginning of the file (the "

PowerToys 0.55 January 2022 Update

Andres Bohren
Hi All, A new Version of Microsoft PowerToys has been released. Release Notes can be found here https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/ Regards Andres Bohren

Understand and Remove PASSWD_NOTREQD Flag from userAccountControl

Andres Bohren
Hallo all, I've already blogged how to read the Active Directory Attribute "userAccountControl" How to read the value of AD Attribute userAccountControl https://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2011/06/08/how-to-read-the-value-of-ad-attribute-useraccountcontrol.aspx Today i came across some users that had the Property "PASSWD_NOTREQD" (Password not required) set. For a regular user you just can add 512 (NORMAL_ACCOUNT) + 32 (PASSWD_NOTREQD) = 544 With the following Exchange Commandlet you can show the Attribute "userAccountControl", which also translates the value. Get-User -Identity f.

Windows Admin Center 2110 veröffentlicht

Andres Bohren
Hallo zusammen, Seit Anfangs Monat gibt es das Windows Admin Center 2110 Windows Admin Center Blog https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-admin-center-blog/windows-admin-center-version-2110-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/2911579 Herunterladen kann man das unter folgender URL https://aka.ms/downloadWAC Liebe Grüsse Andres Bohren